Controspazio as a "Little Magazine"

• Main Author: Claudio D'Amato Guerrieri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Festival Architettura Edizioni 2018-03-01
• Series: Festival dell'Architettura Magazine
• Subjects: politica e architettura; autonomia e pluralismo dell’architettura; architettura disegnata
• Online Access: https://www.famagazine.it/index.php/famagazine/article/view/84

Controspazio edited by Paolo Portoghesi, was published from 1969 to 1981 with a total of 60 volumes. Three have been the editorial boards. The first one worked in Milan from 1969 to 1972 and edited 26 volumes; the second (1973-1976) and the third (1977-1981) in Rome, and each of them produced 17 volumes. The main topic of the Milanese season was the autonomy of architecture: at that time the magazine spread the knowledge of urban studies elaborated in Venice and Milan, and in particular  of the theoretical and design work of Aldo Rossi and the so-called Tendenza. The first Roman season dealt with a critical review of post-war Italian architecture, focusing on the work of masters such as Ridolfi and Gardella, and on the legacy of the Modern Movement. Two interpretations clashed: that of neo-rationalism; and that of the expressiveness of architectural languages and to the return to history. In the last season, the editorial board dealt with directly the topic of architecture coming out from Modern Movement and were anticipated the topics of First International Exhibition of Architecture "The presence of the Past" of Venice Biennale directed by Paolo Portoghesi.